Question

We identify organisms as belonging to the same species if they are capable of

a. inhabiting similar habitats.
b. having the same life expectancies.
c. producing fertile offspring.
d. evolving comparable adaptations.

Answer 1

c. producing fertile offspring.

The biological species concept, which is one of the most widely used definitions of a species, states that organisms belong to the same species if they can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. This means that members of the same species share a common gene pool and can successfully reproduce with one another, contributing to the next generation.